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Author:

Yin, Xiao-huang.

Title:

Chinese American literature since the 1850s / Xiao-huang Yin ; foreword by Roger Daniels.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

xiv, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
American literature--Chinese influences.
Chinese Americans--Intellectual life.
Chinese Americans in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-296) and index.

Contents:

Plea and protest: voices of early Chinese immigrants -- Writings of the "cultivated Chinese": improving the image to win -- Sympathy and acceptance -- The voice of a Eurasian: Sui Sin Far and her writings -- Seeking a place in American life: autobiographical writings of second-generation Chinese -- What's in a name: Chinese-language literature in America -- Immigration blues: themes and subject matter in Chinese-language -- Literature since the 1960s -- Multiple voices and the "war of words": Chinese American literature -- In the contemporary era -- Epilogue -- English-Chinese glossary -- English-Chinese bibliography -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Series:

The Asian American experience

ISBN:

9780252025242 (alk. paper)
0252025245 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41400667

LCCN:

99006512

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)